Evaluation question 6

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How do your media products represent particular social groups?

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One way in which my media product represents particular social groups is through the gender profile, for example, my magazine doesn't only aim at a specific gender but can vary for both male and female. Creating a sophisticated social group through both men and woman applying correlative feelings in their lifestyle through this music.   Another way in which my media products represent particular social groups is through the style of music that it is people with similar interest that can relate towards the music that is being portrayed. Also, social groups come towards from different ethnic backgrounds which get similar feelings for this style of rap music, people going through similar phases in their lives who can understand one another more clearly, a form of spiritual connection.

A second way in which my media product represents particular social groups is through the style of music. People will the exact interest in rap, coming together, such as common friends and family members who create strong social groups this similar musical taste.

Also, people from similar age groups going through difficult stages in their lives that come together and can expand on their thoughts through this artistic music, expressing sides of people’s personalities and emotions, groups of people who feel comfortable to express themselves through this type of rap music. 

Evaluation question 7

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Evaluation question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

One way in which I've learned useful progression skills was through the foundation of my image, this was done by cropping out the image of the person on my front cover, I've looked at magazines such Kerrang and Mojo and what I've noticed is that the position of images are based on their target audience appeals. This strongly made me focus on the positioning of the person on my front cover (Adam) before I could start putting in the features of my magazine and create the final product. I've also learned that through my preliminary is through the appeal and the ‘style’ of my magazine. Through careful thought I realized that magazine around a specific genre dictates what the magazine’s target audience is asking for. So I created a theme based around my magazine, a tour around Europe. This gave my magazine the basis of what a niche target audience wants, the theme of my magazine is ‘rap’ which is similar towards the artistic views of Eminem and his music.

Another thing I've learned through progression of my preliminary task is through the cross-over of other platforms. For example, near the bottom I've added in a link which indicates a twitter link between the magazine, this was done to add sophistication in the magazine and to make it look like the magazine’s image is expanded through technological convergence.